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Post by wabarrett on Aug 11, 2012 8:21:04 GMT -5
Can't say I'll mss him. Hopefully this means WWE will stop blowing PTP for a while and let some other, talented teams shine.
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Post by Matt Culture on Aug 11, 2012 8:39:51 GMT -5
Hell yeah, we should be able to make rape jokes on television. Seriously, big pre-emptive '**** you' to anyone defending rape jokes. Hey, AW, what you're saying is great and all, but the Attitude Era, Stone Cold, and The Rock didn't use rape jokes. Moron. No? They didn't use rape jokes? How about the time that Stone Cold Steve Austin shoved something up Vince McMahon's ass in a hospital? That wouldn't be constituted as rape? Or hey, remember back in 2002 when Heidenreich had Michael Cole pushed up against the wall, "reading him poetry"? Use your brain. and how about you use yours. The PG Era started in 2006-2007, The Katie Vick Era, The Heidenreich Cole Thing, The Hospital with McMahon, The Crucifixion. all of it happened in the Attitude era, and the end of the Attitude Era. Everyone needs to stop comparing 2012 to 1997-2004. IT was a different Time Period. The Attitude era came about when VINCE had to Compete with WCW and in order to win the war, he needed to stoop to that kind of Shock TV. Since he bought WCW, and Cena became the face of the WWE, he took company Public, He lost a crap load of sponsors. He decided to take it more Family Friendly. The Sponsors came back, so he kept things PG. I love all the hypocrite IWC Jekyll and Hyde Fans, who claim they are done with the WWE, how much they Hate the WWE, how TNA is so much better, yet in every single Post on the WWE Board. they Complain about the WWE, so IF YOU DONT WATCH THE WWE and Hate it, how do you know what's happening. True Vince Mocking JR is not in good taste, however he was not knocking people with Bells Palsy, He wore a cowboy hat and did an impression of JR who happens to have Bells Palsy. Yes its tasteless. But AW Saying a VERY tasteless Joke at the expense of Rape victims, the joke while not actually Relevant, considering how old the story is. Still was in Piss poor taste. Here it is. WWE 2012 IS PG. don't like it, stop watching it, its NOT GOING TO CHANGE. WWE 1997 is gone, the attitude era is GONE. its not coming back. this is the WWE forum for people who watch the WWE that are fans. I am tired of the age old argument, that I am a WWE fan, and I should be allowed to Vent my Frustrations. true. BUT every single day, every single post, It gets tiring. there is nothing you can do about it. so switch over to TNA and enjoy what they have going on.
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Post by johnmcclane44 on Aug 11, 2012 9:08:52 GMT -5
Never liked him so doesnt matter to me
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Post by E N I G M A on Aug 11, 2012 9:12:46 GMT -5
Can't say I'll mss him. Hopefully this means WWE will stop blowing PTP for a while and let some other, talented teams shine. Exactely, hopefully they'll use Hawkins/Rekks & Gabriel/Kidd now, on the 2 Mainshows.
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Post by Nyx on Aug 11, 2012 9:27:08 GMT -5
I didn't really care for AW so I am not really let down by him being fired. I do feel like there's more to this story I don't see him getting fired over one joke. Even if it was a tasteless rape joke that hardly anyone got!
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Post by MANN on Aug 11, 2012 9:38:40 GMT -5
I dont see why they just dont do like they used to....slap that 10 oclock stamp in the corner as a warning and allow the more edgier stuff. That way everyone is more satisfied. Plus the"kids" will now have 2 PG hrs and their arses should be in bed by 10 anyways. oh the good old days
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Post by Chip on Aug 11, 2012 9:56:47 GMT -5
can someone please remind me of what exactly A.W. said 2 weeks ago?
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Post by Chip on Aug 11, 2012 9:59:51 GMT -5
just saw this:
TMZ.com updated their story on the firing of Brian "Abraham Washington" Jossie overnight as a WWE rep explained why he was released: "Unfortunately, Brian Jossie, playing the character of A.W. was terminated because he continued to exhibit poor judgment by making offensive and inappropriate comments on live television and on social media."
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Post by WWE Common Terry on Aug 11, 2012 10:02:44 GMT -5
That's too bad. I liked his rootbeer.
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Post by Lord Ragnarok on Aug 11, 2012 10:04:59 GMT -5
Good, I hope this means that those two retards he was managing will be released soon too.
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Post by herecomesthepain on Aug 11, 2012 10:09:24 GMT -5
and how about you use yours. The PG Era started in 2006-2007, The Katie Vick Era, The Heidenreich Cole Thing, The Hospital with McMahon, The Crucifixion. all of it happened in the Attitude era, and the end of the Attitude Era. Everyone needs to stop comparing 2012 to 1997-2004. IT was a different Time Period. The Attitude era came about when VINCE had to Compete with WCW and in order to win the war, he needed to stoop to that kind of Shock TV. Since he bought WCW, and Cena became the face of the WWE, he took company Public, He lost a crap load of sponsors. He decided to take it more Family Friendly. The Sponsors came back, so he kept things PG. I love all the hypocrite IWC Jekyll and Hyde Fans, who claim they are done with the WWE, how much they Hate the WWE, how TNA is so much better, yet in every single Post on the WWE Board. they Complain about the WWE, so IF YOU DONT WATCH THE WWE and Hate it, how do you know what's happening. True Vince Mocking JR is not in good taste, however he was not knocking people with Bells Palsy, He wore a cowboy hat and did an impression of JR who happens to have Bells Palsy. Yes its tasteless. But AW Saying a VERY tasteless Joke at the expense of Rape victims, the joke while not actually Relevant, considering how old the story is. Still was in Piss poor taste. Here it is. WWE 2012 IS PG. don't like it, stop watching it, its NOT GOING TO CHANGE. WWE 1997 is gone, the attitude era is GONE. its not coming back. this is the WWE forum for people who watch the WWE that are fans. I am tired of the age old argument, that I am a WWE fan, and I should be allowed to Vent my Frustrations. true. BUT every single day, every single post, It gets tiring. there is nothing you can do about it. so switch over to TNA and enjoy what they have going on. And here's the part where I tell you to use yours. Did I give my opinion one way or the other on the subject or did I just play Devil's advocate? The correct answer is play Devil's advocate. Plus, your whole argument that McMahon needed to compete with WCW doesn't hold water, genius. WCW went under in 2001. Vince McMahon had jeopardized the entire industry. He could've stopped the shocks, and "attitude" at any point after that because he had no competition. Heidenriech happened in 2002-2003. Cena was making inappropriate raps in 2002-2005. As a matter of fact, didn't he just have one against the Rock last year, filled with homophobic slurs? DX members are still telling people to suck it, while motioning at their crotch. The Rock had some VERY non-PG rants as recent as last year. The Edge/Lita Sex Celebration? Jan 2006. Vince McMahon said the N word in what? 07? CM Punk's pipe bomb. Let's not even delve into the hypocrisy that is the BA Star campaign when we're doing things like picking on JR's Bells Palsy, or Sakamato, who gets beat up for simply being around. These items all happened way past the "Attitude Era". Your argument holds absolutely NO water. Let's cut your PC bull, and be honest--AW didn't make a rape joke. He made a Kobe Bryant joke. He wasn't making a social commentary on rape as a whole, so please....spare me. And I watch Raw and Smackdown every week. I enjoy it almost every week. So......wanna try again, dumbass?
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Post by "The Visionary" Eldniw on Aug 11, 2012 10:14:22 GMT -5
and how about you use yours. The PG Era started in 2006-2007, The Katie Vick Era, The Heidenreich Cole Thing, The Hospital with McMahon, The Crucifixion. all of it happened in the Attitude era, and the end of the Attitude Era. Everyone needs to stop comparing 2012 to 1997-2004. IT was a different Time Period. The Attitude era came about when VINCE had to Compete with WCW and in order to win the war, he needed to stoop to that kind of Shock TV. Since he bought WCW, and Cena became the face of the WWE, he took company Public, He lost a crap load of sponsors. He decided to take it more Family Friendly. The Sponsors came back, so he kept things PG. I love all the hypocrite IWC Jekyll and Hyde Fans, who claim they are done with the WWE, how much they Hate the WWE, how TNA is so much better, yet in every single Post on the WWE Board. they Complain about the WWE, so IF YOU DONT WATCH THE WWE and Hate it, how do you know what's happening. True Vince Mocking JR is not in good taste, however he was not knocking people with Bells Palsy, He wore a cowboy hat and did an impression of JR who happens to have Bells Palsy. Yes its tasteless. But AW Saying a VERY tasteless Joke at the expense of Rape victims, the joke while not actually Relevant, considering how old the story is. Still was in Piss poor taste. Here it is. WWE 2012 IS PG. don't like it, stop watching it, its NOT GOING TO CHANGE. WWE 1997 is gone, the attitude era is GONE. its not coming back. this is the WWE forum for people who watch the WWE that are fans. I am tired of the age old argument, that I am a WWE fan, and I should be allowed to Vent my Frustrations. true. BUT every single day, every single post, It gets tiring. there is nothing you can do about it. so switch over to TNA and enjoy what they have going on. And here's the part where I tell you to use yours. Did I give my opinion one way or the other on the subject or did I just play Devil's advocate? The correct answer is play Devil's advocate. Plus, your whole argument that McMahon needed to compete with WCW doesn't hold water, genius. WCW went under in 2001. Vince McMahon had jeopardized the entire industry. He could've stopped the shocks, and "attitude" at any point after that because he had no competition. Heidenriech happened in 2002-2003. Cena was making inappropriate raps in 2002-2005. As a matter of fact, didn't he just have one against the Rock last year, filled with homophobic slurs? DX members are still telling people to suck it, while motioning at their crotch. The Rock had some VERY non-PG rants as recent as last year. The Edge/Lita Sex Celebration? Jan 2006. Vince McMahon said the N word in what? 07? CM Punk's pipe bomb. Let's not even delve into the hypocrisy that is the BA Star campaign when we're doing things like picking on JR's Bells Palsy, or Sakamato, who gets beat up for simply being around. These items all happened way past the "Attitude Era". Your argument holds absolutely NO water. Let's cut your PC bull, and be honest--AW didn't make a rape joke. He made a Kobe Bryant joke. He wasn't making a social commentary on rape as a whole, so please....spare me. And I watch Raw and Smackdown every week. I enjoy it almost every week. So......wanna try again, dumbass? He. Made. A. Rape. Joke. Plus, he clearly mentioned Linda McMahon's senate campaign which the talent are specifically told not to do. He did it. Hence the "continuing to show bad judgement" reasoning.
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Post by LtD73 on Aug 11, 2012 10:15:35 GMT -5
can someone please remind me of what exactly A.W. said 2 weeks ago?
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Post by juilaaradi on Aug 11, 2012 10:19:16 GMT -5
Um maybe because I have different memory but Heidenriech raping Michael Cole happened in 2004 if I recall correctly
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Post by Chip on Aug 11, 2012 10:28:04 GMT -5
wow...thats it? ?? I could guarantee that half the audience didn't even understand what the hell AW said im sure AFTER the fact when everyone who did get it had to bring it up and talk about it, which then actually put it in the spotlight, it was made to be a bigger deal. if it was soooooo terrible, where was all the mainstream media "coverage". I didn't watch RAW 2 weeks ago, the only way I knew about what he said was on this forum. Didn't see it anywhere else. Yet they blow up and get all pissy then fire him a week later? ? Seems like a load of bullcrap to me. This is just like the Daniel Bryan "tie" incident....a talented Wrestling "ACTOR" gets fired for something stupid. did he apologize afterwards???
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Post by Optimus Prime on Aug 11, 2012 10:31:02 GMT -5
Honestly I think WWE shot themselves in the foot by drawing attention to it. I honestly think the fans would have forgotten about the remark by the next day.
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Post by metallica90 on Aug 11, 2012 10:33:57 GMT -5
Honestly I think WWE shot themselves in the foot by drawing attention to it. I honestly think the fans would have forgotten about the remark by the next day.
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Post by Jaz on Aug 11, 2012 10:54:04 GMT -5
I never liked the guy, but he should have got a second chance. It's not okay for someone to make a joke that's semi offensive, but when the owner of the company makes fun of a guy with bells palsy, that's okay. Vince Mcmahon is a moron.
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Post by the franchise on Aug 11, 2012 10:55:43 GMT -5
I never would have guessed that you couldn't make rape jokes on a tv show rated PG. What did everyone expect to happen.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2012 11:13:36 GMT -5
If they were firing him over the Kobe thing why did they put him on SD the next night? makes no sense smackdown is taped on tuesday he got fired on friday
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